A Laconia man faces a slew of charges after he tried to escape from a police station and smuggle drugs into a jail, authorities say.

A Laconia man faces a slew of charges after he tried to escape from a police station and smuggle drugs into a jail, authorities say.

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Updated: 11:41 PM EST Feb 10, 2016

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WEBVTT CUSTODY IN THE FIRST PLACE. SUZANNE IT WAS ON TUESDAY NIGHT : ON ROUTE 106 IN BELMONT WHEN POLICE ARRESTED 35-YEAR-OLD-YEAR-OLD RYAN STREITENBERGER OF LACONIA. POLICE SAY THEY PULLED STREITENBERGER OVER FOR A FALSE INSPECTION STICKER AND FALSE TEMPORARY PLATES ON THE CAR HE WAS DRIVING. >> WHEN THE OFFICER WAS SPEAKING WITH THE GENTLEMEN HE DETERMINED THERE WERE SOME OBJECTS IN THE CAR HE WAS CONCERNED WITH. IT LOOKS LIKE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN THE CAR. SUZANNE THAT OFFICER SAYS HE : FOUND A LOADED .22 CALIBER HANDGUN, A DOUBLE EDGED KNIFE AND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF NARCOTIC DRUGS. ONCE AT THE POLICE STATION, AN OFFICER STEPPED OUT OF THE BOOKING ROOM TO GATHER SOME ARREST PAPERWORK. STREITENBERGER WAS ALL ALONE. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HIM FIDGETING AND PACING THE ROOM. POLICE SAY STREITENBERGER THEN NOTICED THE DOOR TO THE GARAGE WAS NOT SECURED AND THAT'S WHEN HE TRIES TO MAKE HIS GETAWAY. >> HE EVENTUALLY GETS UP AND WALKS OUT OF THE BOOKING ROOM. ALTHOUGH HE WAS OUT OF THE BOOKING ROOM FOR ONLY 11 SECONDS HE DID GO TO HIS CAR. SUZANNE STARTLED BY THE SOUND OF : A CLOSING DOOR THE ARRESTING OFFICER WENT BACK INTO THE BOOKING ROOM SAW THAT STREITENBERGER WAS GONE. HE QUICKLY RAN INTO THE GARAGE AND FOUND HIM. >> VIDEO SHOWS THAT HE WAS TOUCHING OR MANIPULATING SOMETHING IN HIS CAR BEFORE HE WAS BROUGHT BACK INTO THE BOOKING ROOM. SUZANNE: POLICE THEN TOOK STREITENBERGER TO THE BELKNAP COUNTY JAIL. WHERE HE WAS FOUND HIDING MORE DRUGS IN HIS BODY. HE'S NOW FACING A LIST OF CHARGES. >> SOME MOTOR VEHICLE RELATED CHARGES FOR A FALSE INSPECTION STICKER, MISUSE OF A LICENSE PLATE. THE MORE SERIOUS WERE FELONY FOR ESCAPE, FALSIFYING PHYSICAL EVIDENCE POSSESION OF NARCOTICS. >> STREITENBERGER IS BEING HELD

Convicted felon tries to escape from police station

A Laconia man faces a slew of charges after he tried to escape from a police station and smuggle drugs into a jail, authorities say.